Improved can for paint,fruitjg,c



"To @ZZ .whom/ it nu@ concern.'

UNITED .STATES PATENT HERMAN MILLER,- or HonoKnN. vNEW JERSEY. IMPROVED CAN-`F"0RPA|N T, FRUIT, ete..

Specification fcrrniug pzirt'ofL'etters Patcnt-No.43,326, dated Jiiiieg, E364.

. no1 `Be 1t /knownthat I, HERMAN MiLLER,.'o`f `heated, l and likewise concentrates the n iolten. Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and Statefv 'solder upon the joint` and prevents it from 1 oi New Jersey7 haveinvented'a neiv ."induse-V 4running awayfrom the joint, sothatthejoint ful Improvement; in Paint and'otlier Cans; willv be sealed1-witli certrinty. AIn the ordi- 'and Ido hereby declaretliat the following is nary cans the edges -of t' e sheets are simply a full, clear, andexact description thereof, ,bentone over the other at right angles and which will enable those skilled in the art to then soldered; but it isui-fcult for the Workmake4 and use the samereference being had man to 4keep the solder upon the joint, ast'he of this specication. 'in whicl1- to the accompanying.drawings, making apart y exterior surfacefof the can atthe'joint`is flat andthesolder runs frointhe'g oint and spreads ds,tl'i`e solder in-p'lace before itbecoines Figure l is a perspective View of a coin-'- u on the outside of the can, and'also slips'.`

plete` can made according to my improvement. rthrol'igh'between theflat edges ofthe joints Figs. 2 and3 areY secti-onalyiews' of parts of I and thus alsofeseapes, resulting often'inilea'k-- the edges of a can. I Aages unperceived by tliefworknian at the time My'improvedcanis' especially intended .for of soldering.

" therece'pt'on of]??'l1b`a11d othersnbstances of l Another important advantage of illy-"iin`v a heavy nature which .require that the'packbe employed.

' creased st'1eiigth-aiid stiffness to, the can,` and terminating Withinthe groove', as shown. r The W itnesses: 1

provement istliat by the use Vof-tl'lesolderage in which they are put np. shall be strong v grooves Z1 theedges 'of tha can are greatly and durable. Iy' improvement may, liowstrengthened, owing tothe stiffness imparted `ever, be employed for fthe reception of fruit by the'corr'ugation ofthe edges o f the plates andsnbstzinces of everydescription. The cans' in the-formation ot' the said. groovesr- The here shown are to be usuallyinade of ordinary l platesiivhich forni the top andr bottom of the sheet-tin, but any other suitable metalmay can are bent over, so' as to rest in' the soldergroove b, as shown in the dra-wings, Fig. The'object of my invention ris torinipartinl T-hus all the edges ofthe can are rounded and strengthened and e1--generalY stnbilityis iinalso to' facilitate the'soldering offtlie edgesor imparted to the can, While the soldering is to promote the tight seallng ofthe joints, therepreventing. leakage, anddvith a less amount ofby preventing leakage. L .A is the top of the can, formed of asin'gle. the solder, preventing loss thereof.

sheet of tin, `with 'an orifice, d, through which .l Having thus described myinvei'ition, Iclaini thepaint or. other substanceis introduced," asnew and desire to seourebyLetters Patent B Bjthe s idesof thevcain Aeaclrside composed' Y Having `the plates provided iwith so1derof a single plate or sheet, .and havingagroove, grooves b, in' 'combination with theturning which I terni the solde`rgroo}1e.. (The edges grooyes',substavntially in the manner and for.v are rounded and fit oneover I-the] other, as .thepurpose-herein'sliownand described.

shown in Fig.- 2, 'the'A edge of the, outer sheet l' HERMAN MILLER.V

b,su11k in the sheet` near lthe edgesthere'of, ofthe edges of the plates. into said 'solderi i groove Zi serves as a guideL to the.l point of the M. Ml. LIvINGfsToN,V

Work inn-nfs solderi 1i gitool and Ltliegro'ove also THEO, TSCH.

joints of the sheets o f'tin Where they lap; also, l more quickly done, with greater certainty-'of Solder, because'tlie grooves b catch and hold 

